The Horseman: Australian for Revenge

Heard about this Australian movie a couple years ago but it is only recently reaching our shores.

Synopsis: A man finds out his runaway daughter has died from a heroin overdose, after being roughed up in a underground porn film. He decides to kill everyone he feels is responsible.

The Horseman may have the bare bones plot of your typical revenge film, but this one has much more pure rage and brutality than others of its genre. This is not the calm and focused dad from Taken. He has no plan. He just fights and tortures his way to the top The violence is pretty gruesome and bloody, even the off screen stuff. If you can stomach that then you will see some good performances by the cast and believably intense acting from Peter Marshall who plays the father.

B+

Similar movies: 8mm, The Limey, Death Sentence, Hardcore, Last House on the Left

Post-Apocalypse Now!

I promised one of my friends that I would make them a list of cool movies and since I'm reading The Road, I'm listing some of my favorite traditional post apocalyptic movies.

(in no particular order)

A Boy and His Dog
Hell Comes To Frogtown
The Road Warrior/Mad Max
The Ultimate Warrior
The Day After
The Omega Man/The Last Man on Earth/I am Legend(The book, not the movie)
Salute of the Jugger